Re: Torchwood--So do they not have ***ual harrassment laws across

Anim8rFSK wrote:

> In article <3dPPj.5847$Ux4.530@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  peachy a****e passion <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>Pete B wrote:
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>>>In article <q6FPj.13214$pH4.1542@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>>>says...
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>>>>  I've also been in the position of being told "do me or get fired".
>>>>
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>>>That should clearly be illegal. But should dumb jokes really be? 
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>>   There is dumb, and then there is offensive.  And then there is guys 
>>starting to put your name in, saying "dumb ****s like Peach here".  And 
>>then there is "Peach and two other ****s walk into a bar".
> 
> 
> Serious question -- are you saying that one of those is dumb, and one is

> offensive?

    No, sorry to state that awkwardly.  I think both are grossly 
offensive.  And are usually accompanied by enough body language that I'm 
never quite sure that a physical assault isn't about to be launched.


> 
>>   And it's all just a joke ha-ha, and "if you are offended then maybe 
>>you aren't tough enough to work here".  Never mind if you are able to do

>>the job perfectly well, and Odin forbid you do the job better than they
do.
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>>>And 
>>>should a women be afraid of jokes? Couldn't she chose someone elses 
>>>company? 
>>>
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>>    Sometimes she could.  Sometimes there is only one job around that 
>>pays a living wage.
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>>   The question is, should anyone ever have to put up with a horrific 
>>situation at their place of employment?
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> 
> Which false harassment claims cause as well.  Remind me to tell you the 
> tale of "Skanky Girl" at Fox Animation who, when faced with termination 
> on the rightful grounds that she didn't DO anything, simply threatened a

> false claim of ***ual harassment so they gave her an office and she just

> sat and read comic books all day for, AFAIK, the life of the studio.  
> Why should we have had to put up with that?  The loss of valuable office

> space and salary because the ***ual harassment laws are so onerous that 
> people give in at the slightest completely false threat of them?
> 

    False harassment claims do.  Same as any other false claims. 
Do***enting the actions you've taken to address poor work performance 
goes a long way to avoid this.

    Some people are total wimps though, and will do anything to avoid 
confrontation - lawsuits included.



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